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When the Missouri House in 2019 debated the bill that became the state’s abortion ban, then-state Rep. Bryan Spencer quickly raised —and praised—the proposal’s lack of exceptions for ...
The exceptions in the law were established in April 2023; previously, under a trigger law that went into effect after Dobbs, there were no exceptions to the state's abortion ban, though a doctor charged under the law could assert an affirmative defense that their actions were necessary to save their patient's life. [203]
There was an eight percent decline in the abortion rate in Missouri between 2014 and 2017, from 4.4 to 4.0 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Missouri was the first state to enforce its abortion ban after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was decided in 2022. From 2022 to 2024, abortions were only legal in cases of ...
2024 Missouri Constitutional Amendment 3, also known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, was a constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot on November 5, 2024. The initiative amended the Constitution of Missouri to legalize abortion in Missouri until fetal viability. [1]
Missouri’s current ban, which took effect when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022, includes no exceptions for rape or incest. It contains an exception only ...
At least 11 pieces of legislation center on curtailing, or outlawing, abortion access in Missouri, signaling the issue will be a key focus for Republicans. Missouri Republican lawmakers push to ...
Missouri senators on Wednesday voted against amending the state's strict law against abortions to allow exceptions in cases of rape and incest. The state banned almost all abortions after the U.S ...
Abortion rights supporters rally at the Missouri Capitol after turning in more than 380,000 signatures to overturn the state’s near-total ban on the procedure on May 3, 2024.